1 Reason Why J.S.Bach Was A BOSS

[@Chris.1812]

Story time with rick should become a series

[@PeanutButterFender]

This.

[@MrMalibujunkies]

Yes!

[@bytwyzz]

Like when Mozart met Ludwig Van !!!

[@luisfguitar]

YES!

[@SchGtr]

I was gonna right the same here!!

[@JavierBustacara]

"Bach's quick but slick licks"

[@leonheartgaming6356]

Bach's Whack but Stacked Tracks?

[@Metalwizard92]

"Don't fuck with me" Jazz Bach, 1790.

[@MrTubularBalls]

"Don't fuck with me, or I'll get baroque on yo' ass!"

[@alexjackson8841]

MrTubularBalls Lol I read that at barbecue XD

[@0live0wire0]

He died in 1750 though.

[@OceillTV]

Jazz Bak*. Bach is not pronounced like he did either.

[@Metalwizard92]

Oh Thank you, the world is better now :)

[@ianboltron]

More videos like this please. Super fucking cool.

[@daniboyboladao4604]

agree

[@matte_vcc]

yes

[@AlexCarter881]

There is a ton of good music from Bach. A lot of people hate on classical music or think the big guys (Mozart, Beethoven, & Bach) were one hit wonders or something. Bach is the greatest composer of all time.

[@teddydavis3504]

Alex Carter absolutely I don’t believe there has ever been or ever will be a musical mind like his. I love Mozart, but Bach could do the impossible.

[@TheOwlHead]

Bach is the greatest crafter of anything of all time.

[@johannsebastianbach3411]

Hahaha, yeah right! I am glad that you've liked it. I write the all of the letters and compliments to Frederick in German too, even though I knew French (he hated German, he always spoke French in the court, it must have driven him even madder that I wrote to him in German)

[@RickGraham]

I knew you did that on purpose. LOVE YOU BRO

[@johannsebastianbach3411]

I love you BACH

[@JSBach-pd4yg]

Love you too

[@bobach6083]

My ancestor...

[@CaptnShred]

I kept hearing "Jazz Bach"

[@bestboy897]

same

[@MultiScorpion94]

Well, actually jazz musicians love using the Bachian scale (melodic minor scale), so that makes sense! XD

[@TheSolfilm]

Yeaaaah, me too :-D I imagine him with sunglasses at his "clavecin" maybe a hat, and a nonchalent behaviour.

[@Nickball97]

Holy shit, Jazz Bach was out of this world

[@kaustubhgr5187]

He played the tune Bach-wards

[@micheloliveira6718]

Kaustubh G R underrated pun, because it can be played backwards and upside down.

[@Brono25]

unless you've ever tried writing a cannon or fugue you cant fully appreciate how mind blowing improvising a 3 part fugue is.

[@ryanmichaelwooton]

Bronn okk

[@arsantiqua8741]

It's hard as fuck.

[@arsantiqua8741]

Canons are easier to compose than fugues.

[@TheOwlHead]

Bach is proof enough that Einstein is a retard.

[@TheOwlHead]

@@arsantiqua8741 nobody except me alive today even knows what a fugue is

[@davidsosa538]

"improvise a 3 voice fugue.." that sentence may sound normal to a non-musician...it is actually insane...

[@theodosios2615]

Bach was not plain human. Look at his Chaccone in D minor... no way a mortal man just sat down and composed that in his head!

[@vickirosstudor490]

Protos Telos Totally agree. The Chaconne is a doozy. Literally brings me to my knees.

[@nicholastotoro7721]

Except he did and that alone is amazingly frightening, maddening and beautiful all at the same time.

[@TheOwlHead]

I think he was Lucifer incarnate

[@TheOwlHead]

@@vickirosstudor490 Bach is NOT the greatest composer. He is the greatest craftsman of all time across the board. I don’t care if it’s physics or rockets.

[@tomsfruitstand6821]

Who is your favorite superhero? Me: J.S. Bach.

[@MichaelLynMusic]

HOLY SH*#....Iv'e been a BACH freak for 35 yrs and didn't know this!....Thank you Sir for the Education!

[@wahwahcfh]

Everytime i played Bach, i'm amaze by his musical sculpture...but THIS...wow!!!! Thkx!!!

[@Oenloveslife]

The Musical Offering is one of my favorite pieces of music, along with Art Of The Fugue, Well Tempered Clavier, Partitas, Brandenburgs, English Suites, French Suites, Violin and Cello Sonatas, Keyboard Concertos, and it goes on and on! I've always been fascinated by Ricercars and Canons and other "mirror" pieces. Thanks Rick for putting this gem out here for us : )

[@patlesage1256]

Thanck you so much for this video Rick...JS Bach was reallly amazing and your demonstration to play the same part from the beginning anf after from the end and finally mixing the two parts...each time it's a new melody !...JS Bach knew perfectly how to use all music tools, conterpoint, pedal point, arpeggios, diminued scales mix with minor natural scales, minor melodic scales, minor harmonic scales...and many more others things...a fantastic and unique creator...the greatest from all of them I thinck...

[@MecchaKakkoi]

Rick, you might be interested in a book called "Gödel, Escher, Bach" by Hofstadter, which looks at the similar paradoxes that appear in all of their work. Great video btw!

[@myewgul]

MecchaKakkoii A very interesting book

[@justcarcrazy]

Sylvester Stallone: "I've written this action biopic about Antonio Vivaldi, who I'll be playing, because he is one of the finest Italian composers of any era, not just baroque. Would you like to contribute?" Dolph Lundgren: "I'd like to play Dieterich Buxtehude. Sure, he isn't held in such high regard these days. But he helped shape the baroque music scene way back when. And there's the Scandinavian connection. Or maybe I should play the more obscure composer Johan Helmich Roman." Jean-Claude Van Damme: "I think I should play the cousins Jean-Baptiste Loeillet. It would be like "double Impact', but classier." Arnold Schwarzenegger: "I'll be Bach!"

[@RickGraham]

Consider yourself pinned. STICK AROUND.

[@tacoreal]

justcarcrazy xx

[@robertlangford6639]

Not just one of the best guitarists out there, Not just an innovator on his instrument, Not just a great KZbinr... But beyond that an Educator. Rick is the man. SO SO glad I clicked on this!

[@taztherocker1]

Wow. Absolutely incredible.

[@brabada8274]

Jaws bark, Jazz Park, Jams Bach... oh that subtitles!

[@ezassegai4793]

Its fascinating to see true appreciation for classical musicians. my hat is off to you

[@garethbarry3825]

Rick you are a great guitarist, and an incredible teacher, with a genuine live of music. Please do more of these sorts of videos.

[@HyperspeedMedia]

i'm still waiting for Rick to play that piece

[@mazklassa9338]

Rick thank you for sharing your respect and love of this treasure

[@jlr022159]

absolutely amazing! i was floored listening to both pieces play simultaneously forward and backward!

[@podoz]

a little know fact is that stallone and schwarzenegger once planned to make a movie together about the lives of famous composers. After agreeing it was a great idea, stallone said, "i'll be bethoven", and schwarzenegger said, "i'll be bach".

[@Star_Sn1per]

LMAO!!

[@plunderclat221]

podoz you're invited to my wedding...

[@MrAdravix]

Oh no

[@SoundAuthor]

and bruce willis said "how much are you paying me?"

[@PandeyPrashant]

Best joke I've read in weeks!

[@TheTkitar]

I'm a professional musiciant and this is an absolute pleasure to listen to you Rick.

[@slxguitar]

shredding while speaking: J.S Bach ----> Jazz Bach

[@deejones354]

Rick, just became aware of you today ! Thanks for sharing all of the various things ; your classic , your electric , your teaching skills , your roots in the old masters ... etc ! I love it ! You are a fine player , artist .... respected of those guys before us ! As you say .... Peace , Dee

[@spiritandtruthcenterforwor2475]

Unbelievable genius what a gift from God... what Bach I could hear in his head was absolutely astounding... Thank you for sharing and thank you for enlightening me

[@stringchild]

I love Bach's music. I had no reserve about watching this. That backwards forwards bit is so badass! Bach did that shit a lot. Mind blowingly awesome. He is one of my favorite musicians of all time. Nice job.

[@MisantropoFilantropo]

Bach was such a genius that even nowadays you can take anything he did, adapt it to the style you prefer and use the instrument you like and it will still sound great. Damn, you can take this musical offering theme, play it on a broken cazu and it will sound just FINE, which is awesome from any side we could see it.

[@AvocaSingleTrack]

You listen to some of the top classical guitar players performing Bach , the simultaneous different parts, the independence of parts and the dynamic independence is amazing and beautiful. Smaro Gregoriadou also does some very interesting interpretations of Bach and others. . . Great video Rick !

[@wcm5150]

That was amazing, you have a gift for telling stories.

[@enricocastanha]

he wasn't a boss. he was THE boss.

[@WilliamJohnston]

Thanks for sharing this, Rick. I think you're doing a great thing putting this out there to such a large number of people. I think the genius of Bach is definitely under appreciated to a lot of people today, even many musicians, but all it takes is for people to hear and understand what it is he could achieve and it's like a lightbulb switches on!

[@gooshnpupp]

As much as Bach gets his praises, I feel he still is the most underrated composer. I mean, when someone is asked to name a famous composer usually they'll say Mozart or Beethoven, and they sure deserve the recognition. however, music can be divided into two periods, (evidence shows that Mozart and Beethoven are with me on this one), before J.S. Bach, and after J.S. Bach.

[@TheOwlHead]

He’s the most underrated because He’s better at what he didn’t than anybody who ever did anything

[@gooshnpupp]

@@TheOwlHead he's definitely one those for sure.

[@TheOwlHead]

@@gooshnpupp “Bach is the greatest craftsman of all time” Glenn Gould

[@TheOwlHead]

@@gooshnpupp Solomon is the wisest and Bach is the greatest.

[@gooshnpupp]

@@TheOwlHead love it😊

[@katiekilgore6918]

Bach is one of my absolute favorite composers, and this is one of the reasons why.

[@georgegorgievski8564]

That was fucking awesome. Bach was a total rock star. So much talent!

[@milanpolak]

truly mind blowing. Thanks for sharing, Rick! J. S. Bach the greatest composer of all time...

[@lattiz]

And let's not forget that in those 2 months he was busy feeding a kindergarten, being Kapellmeister and writing tons of different stuff, not just that. Truly a genius!!!

[@mjt11860]

that is mind blowing! love to look at the classical composers 4 inspiration. they were the rock stars of their day. thanx 4 sharing.

[@mikeparsons7835]

Rick, you , are awesome. You give so much, value, in your media, thank, fine sir. Also, one of the finest , guitarist, that I have found to date. You inspire me to , to keep playing and composing. The very best to you, Rick. Mike.

[@CLdrums]

More videos like this please Rick! Fascinating. If any of you guys haven't heard Bach's Chaconne for solo violin yet, you are in for an absolute treat. I would recommend Itzhak Perlman's recording :)

[@christopherfairchild2185]

I love stuff like this. Most people today think of these guys as uptight and boring, but that is far from the truth. There's not a lot of things more "metal" than showing a king up at his own palace.

[@joshuawilliams4986]

This story is so f•••••• cool! I love J S Bach even more. Yes! You are representing us music artists extremely well! 😎😇

[@JimmyGeikie]

Amazing story, thanks for the little history lesson, and you definitely made me wanna go delve into some classical goodness

[@evantaucher]

Awesome video, Rick. The kind of genius that the crab canon takes is unbelievable. What a great story to share on your platform

[@andyv4926]

Amazing video Rick. I absolutely love Bach's incredible work.

[@therealzilch]

A lovely retelling of a classic story. And yes, Bach is Boss. Thanks, Rick.

[@lucaprovinciali2493]

amazing greatness,thanks for the" lesson," Rick!!!!!

[@cdamico97]

crazy how good it sounds when played both front to back and at the same time.

[@guitarfan1980x]

Bach's music is outstanding!

[@michaelrunde4262]

Music was so complex back then. I really do love the music they made then. I've noticed a lot of metal and blues players play solos that seem to have a lot of similarities to classical guitar

[@abrahampalmer1153]

Michael Runde 100% facts because metal and blues are very complex music genres as well to.

[@ManuelPassarella1]

Bach's music is still complex today. We need more Bachstories

[@stevecook2761]

You are such a great speaker Rick!! Inspiring!!!

[@planezero]

Thanks for sharing Rick ... Found this reallllly inspiring !

[@steveforwarduk]

Bach played strictly by the rules, completely textbook stuff, but it's just so imaginative. he never wasted a note.

[@joshuamanley8886]

When he would take one of his sons to listen to the pretty Italian songs he would nudge the son while grinning which the son took to mean Old Bach had worked up some counterpoint while listening. His Chaconne alone puts him at the rank of master as far as I'm concerned.

[@moosemanuk]

Brilliant video! Bach was indeed a boss, genius, just .... I wish I had the same musical talent he possessed in the nail of his right pinky finger.

[@Japgunner]

Thanks dude for making this, really cool.

[@edwardtalavera6449]

No other words but GENIUS!!!!

[@haieb]

Awesome video Rick! Would love to see more of this :)

[@jacobanderson4159]

Js Bach is definitely a boss that was incredible

[@rillloudmother]

If you're JS Bach and the king comes to you with a hard theme, you do what you always do: create brilliant music.

[@aquabot]

Great video, Rick, you should definitely do that more often.

[@chrisharringtonguitarist]

Great video, would love to see more of these from you

[@bykeman69]

mind-blowing. Really appreciate you sharing your insight. Very inspiring

[@tarasikarius]

Great story! Thanks!

[@DBBBB]

Definitely in agreement that we need more "story time with Rick" videos.

[@dsthorp]

Rick, Great Job!

[@martinopinto6323]

Please do a KZbin series on this Rick!

[@rolandgerard6064]

Amazing, many thanks for sharing, J.S. Bach is indeed the boss

[@Relentless2200]

Amazing and informative! love these vids.

[@Shreddah]

Holy crap.

[@MikeStock88]

amazing stuff, he was an absolute genius, one of a kind

[@AirGuitar]

Wow! This is a great video! When they played simultaneously that sounded amazing! How does he come up with that in his head? I am a huge fan of J.S. Bach and would love to see you play more songs composed by him. Or, your own compositions would be great as well! Keep up the great work...

[@raidyadwiky2876]

i didnt expect that, bach surely was a genius

[@eneaacco2024]

Fantastic analysis, thank you!

[@Strabbs12345]

Absolutely blew my mind! So the King got his 6 voice improv with a twist! (I take it that was 6 lines we listened too?)

[@rogerchambers5336]

Bach also drew attention away from himself. He dedicated all of his music "to the glory of God"

[@lindacowles756]

Yes, that is very true and I love that about Bach and his music. On that note (pun not intended), do you think Bach would have approved of there being a stained glass window pic of him in the Thomaskirche?

[@TheOwlHead]

And that Doesn’t mean what you think it does. He understood Latin and Greek. God is the word. And Logos in Greek: Which means the order of the universe. Bach was composing Using the formula that God himself designed everything with mathematically. It isn’t some woo Woo spiritually emotional protestant statement. It is emotional because of the nature of God equation tenner sum. Logos. The order of the universe.

[@RobLundgren]

great story thx

[@LeandroCapstick]

Thanks for making this video. Such a badass anecdote.

[@ronaldgarciaguitar6414]

Bach is my favorite composer! Thanks for making this video. I make some very modest transcriptions of his music.

[@joshuamichael4312]

Great video. Please do more like this. Music history lessons with Rickhere.

[@JohnProph]

remember, they didnt go to K-12 back then. They learned a trade or whatever starting very young. By the time they are 18 maybe they have 12-13 years experience? They probably got bored and found inspiration by reversing and also inverting melodies etc. and yes, Bach was a towering musical genius. Also look into Leonardo DaVinci. Most of his paintings etc have numerous levels within them for instance geometric patterns and also most of them were "mirrored" which means when u fold them in half they present a whole different picture

[@joebloggs5652]

Very very cool. You should do more of these Rick.

[@proctorul]

Great story!

[@TheTrueEnjoyME]

that was a splendid and interesting video Rick! I hope there will be more videos like this. maybe you could even explain why the canon works that way?

[@brantnorthman9040]

Thank you for showing everyone that. Overlooked, but not forgotten. Becker anyone? Again, thank you.

[@thorndog100]

That is the amazing thing about music. And the absolute amazing abilities of the composers of yesteryear, who still today, are a major influence on music. Bach was definetly a Boss but my all time great was Mozart. His music just touches me like no other and I love a lot of music out there. But as Mr Graham said what J.S did with that piece of music is just genius. Man..I love music...Peace.

[@alexandernagel5994]

I like the way the English pronounciation of J.S.Bach reveals a very distinct quality of Bachs music: JAZZ Bach. And he is really very jazzy if played properly

[@turnerm33]

You gave me a great birthday present with this ! Thanks 🙏

[@BillLarkinmusic]

Thank you!

[@TheBli7krieg]

Goldberg Variations : Aria. Make it happen please ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ

[@woodmum]

I never attended to this kind of stuff.. Unreal.. thanx for sharing

[@Tilbily]

Amazing! Thanks for sharing.

[@whatshendrix]

J. S. Beast!

[@JCMC777]

Love this!